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Tiếng AnhLớp 7Unit 3. Community service

Giáo án A Closer Look 2

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I. Objectives

1. Knowledge

  • By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
  • form and use the past simple of regular and irregular verbs (e.g., go → went, give → gave, make → made) to talk about finished events in community service
  • form negative sentences with did not + base verb and questions with Did + subject + base verb?
  • use the past forms of be (was/were) in statements, negatives and questions without did
  • use topic vocabulary about community service (donate, volunteer, shelter, collect rubbish, provide, community) accurately in past-tense sentences

2. Competences

a) General competences

  • Self-control and independent learning: Ss complete the self-check steps (identify the subject, the time expression, then choose the pattern) and correct their own answers against the key.
  • Communication and collaboration: Ss work in pairs and groups to share past-tense sentences about community activities and give feedback to each other.
  • Problem-solving and creativity: Ss decide which verb form fits the meaning of each sentence and produce their own short personal account of a community activity.

b) Specific competences

  • Communicative competence in English through listening, speaking, reading and writing: Ss read Mai's email to find past simple verbs, ask and answer about past activities, and write a short email about a community activity they did.
  • Language knowledge (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar): Ss recognise regular and irregular past verbs, use did not and Did questions correctly, and use topic vocabulary about community service in context.

3. Personal qualities

  • Responsibility: Ss complete their share of the pair work and take ownership of their written answers by checking them carefully before presenting.
  • Kindness: Ss give supportive, specific feedback to their partners when correcting grammar mistakes.
  • Honesty: Ss describe their real or realistic community activities truthfully and admit mistakes when the key shows a different answer.

II. Teaching aids and materials

1. Teacher

  • Laptop, projector and presentation slides with the grammar box, example and key sentences
  • Board and markers
  • Two printed worksheets (Phiếu học tập số 1 and Phiếu học tập số 2)
  • NeoEdu lesson page for interactive exercises: neoedu.vn/learn/7/english/unit-3-a-closer-look-2
  • Timer and small reward stickers

2. Students

  • Student's book (Unit 3 – A Closer Look 2)
  • Notebook, pen, pencil and eraser
  • Mini whiteboard and marker (optional)

III. Procedures

Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes

Community Service Quick Talk

a) Aims

Ss activate the topic vocabulary of community service and recall how past events are talked about in English.

b) Content

T writes four community activities on the board: donate books (quyên góp sách), collect rubbish (nhặt rác), cook for a shelter (nấu ăn cho nơi trú tạm), volunteer at a library (tình nguyện ở thư viện). T asks: 'Which of these did you do last summer?' Then T asks: 'What did the volunteers do at the community hall last Saturday?' Ss answer in pairs using past forms.

c) Expected outcomes

Ss produce at least four past-tense sentences orally, for example:

  • We donated books to a shelter last Saturday.
  • They collected rubbish in the park yesterday.
  • I did not volunteer at the library, but my friend did.
    Ss also identify that finished events in the past are expressed with past forms, not the base form.

d) Organisation

  1. Teacher

    Step 1: Task delivering

    T shows the four activities on the board and reads the vocabulary aloud, asking Ss to repeat (donate – volunteer – shelter – collect rubbish – provide – community). T says: 'Talk to your partner: Did you do any of these last summer? Use the past form.'

    Students

    Ss listen, repeat the new words and understand the task.

  2. Teacher

    Step 2: Task performance

    T monitors pairs and helps Ss who are stuck with the past form of verbs. T prompts: 'What is the past of collect?'

    Students

    Pairs take turns asking and answering. Possible answer: 'Yes, I donated old books to a shelter last summer.' or 'No, I did not volunteer, but my sister did.'

  3. Teacher

    Step 3: Report and discussion

    T invites 3–4 pairs to share one sentence each and writes the verbs on the board, grouping them into two columns: regular (donated, collected) and irregular (did, went).

    Students

    Representative pairs read their best sentences aloud. Other Ss listen and point out any base form that should be changed to past.

  4. Teacher

    Step 4: Conclusion and assessment

    T confirms that finished events at a past time use the past simple, and that regular verbs add -ed while irregular verbs change. T links to the lesson aim: 'Today we will learn how to use the past simple accurately.'

    Students

    Ss copy the lesson title and the learning aim into their notebooks.

Activity 2.1: Knowledge formation · 11 minutes

Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs in Mai's Email

a) Aims

Ss identify and classify past simple verbs in a real text and understand how regular verbs (add -ed, study → studied) and irregular verbs (go → went, give → gave, make → made) are formed.

b) Content

Ss read Mai's email to Linh (in the student's book) and do Phiếu học tập số 1: (1) underline every past verb; (2) classify each verb into regular or irregular; (3) write the base form of each verb; (4) answer: 'Which past verb does NOT add -ed?' Then T presents the grammar box: regular verbs add -ed (with spelling changes such as study → studied); common irregular forms include go → went, give → gave and make → made.

c) Expected outcomes

Ss complete Phiếu học tập số 1 with the following key:

  • Regular verbs: helped (help), checked (check), sorted (sort), carried (carry), thanked (thank), enjoyed (enjoy), mattered (matter)
  • Irregular verbs: met (meet), were (be), did (do, in the question 'What did you do last summer?')
    Ss conclude: regular verbs take -ed; irregular verbs must be memorised; did in a question is followed by the base verb.

d) Organisation

  1. Teacher

    Step 1: Task delivering

    T distributes Phiếu học tập số 1 and says: 'Read Mai's email quickly, then underline all the verbs that describe what happened last summer. Classify them as regular or irregular.' T sets a timer for 4 minutes.

    Students

    Ss read the email silently and underline the verbs in their books and worksheets.

  2. Teacher

    Step 2: Task performance

    T walks around, checks the classification and asks guiding questions: 'What is the base form of carried?' 'Is meet regular or irregular?' 'Why is there a did in the last sentence?'

    Students

    Ss work individually first, then compare with a partner. Possible answer: 'Meet is irregular. Its past form is met.'

  3. Teacher

    Step 3: Report and discussion

    T calls on two Ss to read the regular and irregular verbs aloud and writes the correct lists on the board. T asks: 'Which rule did we see with study → studied?'

    Students

    Ss read the lists aloud. Possible answer: 'For verbs ending in a consonant + y, we change y to i and add -ed.'

  4. Teacher

    Step 4: Conclusion and assessment

    T presents the grammar box on the slide: regular verbs add -ed (with spelling changes such as study → studied); common irregular forms include go → went, give → gave and make → made. T stresses: 'Did you do?' in a question uses the base verb do, because did already shows past time.

    Students

    Ss copy the grammar box and two example sentences into their notebooks.

Activity 2.2: Knowledge formation · 9 minutes

Negative and Question Forms with Did

a) Aims

Ss form negative sentences with did not + base verb and questions with Did + subject + base verb?, and distinguish them from be-verb forms (was/were) that do not use did.

b) Content

T writes two incorrect sentences on the board: 'They did not collected the old books.' and 'Did you helped at the library?' Ss find the mistakes and correct them. T then presents the rules: Negative: did not + base verb (They did not collect the old books). Question: Did + subject + base verb? (Did you help at the library?). Be-verbs: negatives and questions use was/were without did (The shelves were not ready. Was the hall empty?). T asks Ss to find the same pattern in Mai's email: 'What did you do last summer?'

c) Expected outcomes

Ss write the corrected sentences and the rules in their notebooks:

  • They did not collect the old books. (not 'did not collected': did already carries past time, so the verb returns to the base form)
  • Did you help at the library? (not 'Did you helped')
  • The shelves were not ready. / Were the shelves ready? (be-verbs do not use did)
    Ss summarise: did + base verb for negatives and questions with ordinary verbs; was/were for be-verbs.

d) Organisation

  1. Teacher

    Step 1: Task delivering

    T writes the two incorrect sentences on the board and asks: 'Which word is wrong in each sentence? Why?' T gives Ss one minute to think individually.

    Students

    Ss read the sentences silently and try to identify the errors.

  2. Teacher

    Step 2: Task performance

    T asks Ss to work in pairs to rewrite both sentences correctly and to write one more negative and one question about last weekend. T monitors and checks that Ss do not use a past verb after did.

    Students

    Pairs rewrite: 'They did not collect the old books.' and 'Did you help at the library?' They then write their own examples, such as 'We did not clean the park yesterday.'

  3. Teacher

    Step 3: Report and discussion

    T asks one pair to read their correction and invites others to comment. T asks: 'Why do we use did not collect and not did not collected?'

    Students

    A pair reads their answers. Other Ss explain: 'Did already shows past time, so the verb must be in the base form.'

  4. Teacher

    Step 4: Conclusion and assessment

    T presents the rules for negatives and questions on the slide, including the be-verb pattern: 'The shelves were not ready. Were the shelves ready?' T emphasises that did is never used with was/were.

    Students

    Ss copy the rules into their notebooks and mark the two wrong sentences with a tick after correction.

Activity 3.1: Practice · 9 minutes

Choose, Fill and Complete the Past Forms

a) Aims

Ss practise choosing the correct past form, forming did not questions and negatives, and completing sentences with the correct past verbs.

b) Content

Ss do Exercises 1–5 from the textbook (multiple choice, sentence completion and fill-in with verb forms). Ss work in pairs; then they check answers on the NeoEdu interactive exercises. Items:

  1. Last Saturday we ___ books to a shelter. A. donating B. donated C. donate D. donates
  2. Mai ___ to the collection point yesterday. A. went B. go C. goes D. going
  3. We did not ___ the old books away. A. threw B. throws C. throwing D. throw
  4. ___ you help at the library last week? A. Does B. Are C. Did D. Do
  5. Yesterday Nam {{1}} (give) us a box. We {{2}} (sort) the books.

c) Expected outcomes

Key:

  1. B (donated; Last Saturday is a finished past time, donate → donated)
  2. A (went; past of go)
  3. D (throw; after did not use the base form)
  4. C (Did; a finished past action uses Did + base verb)
  5. gave | sorted (give has irregular past gave; sort adds -ed)
    Ss record the correct answers in their notebooks and mark their own score out of 5.

d) Organisation

  1. Teacher

    Step 1: Task delivering

    T displays Exercises 1–5 on the slide and says: 'Work in pairs. Read each sentence, identify the time expression and decide which form fits. You have 5 minutes.'

    Students

    Pairs read the exercises and discuss each item, underlining the time expression first.

  2. Teacher

    Step 2: Task performance

    T monitors and listens for pairs who choose wrong forms, prompting them with questions: 'What time expression do you see?' 'Is the action finished?' Pairs then open the NeoEdu page to check their answers interactively.

    Students

    Pairs complete the exercises and check with the interactive quiz. Possible discussion: 'Last Saturday is finished, so we use the past. Donate becomes donated.'

  3. Teacher

    Step 3: Report and discussion

    T calls on individual Ss to give answers to items 1–5 and writes the correct answers on the board. T asks the class to show a thumbs-up or thumbs-down for each answer.

    Students

    Ss give answers: 'B', 'A', 'D', 'C', 'gave and sorted'. Others respond with thumbs-up or thumbs-down and correct any mistakes.

  4. Teacher

    Step 4: Conclusion and assessment

    T confirms the key and highlights the most common errors: using the base form after did, and forgetting the irregular past of give. T praises Ss who scored 5/5.

    Students

    Ss correct any wrong answers in their notebooks and write the two key rules in one line each.

Activity 3.2: Practice · 4 minutes

Put Words in Order and Judge the Grammar

a) Aims

Ss arrange words into correct past simple questions and judge whether completed sentences are grammatically correct.

b) Content

Ss do Exercises 6–7 from Phiếu học tập số 2. Exercise 6: Put the parts in the correct order to make a sentence or question: Did → your class → clean → the park yesterday? Exercise 7: Judge the grammar of these completed sentences. a) Last Saturday we donated books to a shelter. b) Last Saturday we donate books to a shelter.

c) Expected outcomes

Key:
6. Did your class clean the park yesterday?
7. a) Đ (correct: donated is the past form and Last Saturday signals a finished past time)
b) S (wrong: donate must change to donated)
Ss write the corrected sentence for item 7b: 'Last Saturday we donated books to a shelter.'

d) Organisation

  1. Teacher

    Step 1: Task delivering

    T hands out Phiếu học tập số 2 and gives the instruction for Exercises 6–7. T says: 'Work individually for 2 minutes, then check with your partner.'

    Students

    Ss read the instructions and begin working individually.

  2. Teacher

    Step 2: Task performance

    T circulates and checks the word order for Exercise 6. T asks: 'Which word must come first in a question?'

    Students

    Ss rearrange the words and compare with a partner. Possible answer: 'Did your class clean the park yesterday?'

  3. Teacher

    Step 3: Report and discussion

    T asks one S to read the corrected question and asks another S to read the judgement for 7a and 7b.

    Students

    Ss give answers: 'Did your class clean the park yesterday?' and 'a) correct; b) wrong, it should be donated.'

  4. Teacher

    Step 4: Conclusion and assessment

    T confirms the answers and reminds Ss: 'Finished time + past verb. Look at the time expression first.' T links this to the next activity.

    Students

    Ss correct their worksheets and note the key rule in their notebooks.

Activity 4: Application · 7 minutes

My Community Activity Story

a) Aims

Ss use past simple sentences with topic vocabulary to talk about a community activity they did and prepare a short written account at home.

b) Content

Ss work in pairs. Each S uses a short template to describe a community activity: When (last summer / last Saturday)? Where (community hall / shelter / park)? What did you do? (I donated / collected / helped…) What was the result? (The shelves were ready / We did not finish…) Ss then ask their partner: 'Did you ...?' and 'What did you do last summer?' T assigns the 60–80-word email as homework, based on the same template.

c) Expected outcomes

Ss produce:

  • A 4–5 sentence oral account with at least three past simple verbs (regular and irregular) and one negative sentence with did not.
  • At least one question with Did + subject + base verb? to ask their partner.
  • A written outline for the homework email, including when, where, actions and one result.

d) Organisation

  1. Teacher

    Step 1: Task delivering

    T shows the template on the slide and models a short account: 'Last summer I helped at a book collection in my neighbourhood. We donated books to younger students. We did not finish all the boxes, but the shelves were ready by lunchtime.' T asks Ss to prepare their own version in 2 minutes.

    Students

    Ss listen to the model, note the structures and draft their own short account.

  2. Teacher

    Step 2: Task performance

    T monitors pairs, encourages Ss to use the vocabulary (donate, volunteer, shelter, collect rubbish, provide, community) and gently corrects the past forms.

    Students

    Pairs take turns telling their account and asking follow-up questions. Possible answer: 'I collected rubbish in the park with my class. We did not finish the whole park, but the group was happy.'

  3. Teacher

    Step 3: Report and discussion

    T invites 2–3 Ss to share their accounts with the class and asks the listeners to name one past verb they heard.

    Students

    Volunteer Ss present their accounts. Other Ss respond: 'You used collected, which is a regular verb.'

  4. Teacher

    Step 4: Conclusion and assessment

    T summarises: 'Use the past simple for finished events, check the time expression, and check the verb form.' T assigns the homework email and explains the marking criteria.

    Students

    Ss write the homework title and the four required elements (when, where, actions, result) into their notebooks.

Worksheets

Phiếu học tập số 1

Read Mai's email to Linh and do the tasks below.

  1. Underline all the past verbs in the email.
  2. Classify the verbs into two lists:
  • Regular verbs (base form → past form):
  • Irregular verbs (base form → past form):
  1. Answer the questions:
  • Which verb in the email is a question form with did?
  • What is the base form of 'carried'?
  • Write one spelling change rule you noticed (for example study → studied).
  1. Complete the grammar box:
  • Regular verbs add ___.
  • Common irregular forms: go → ___, give → ___, make → ___.
  • Negative: did not + ___.
  • Question: Did + subject + ___?

Phiếu học tập số 2

A. Put the words in the correct order.

  1. Did / your class / clean / the park / yesterday?

B. Judge the grammar of these sentences. Write Đ (correct) or S (incorrect). If S, correct the sentence.
a) Last Saturday we donated books to a shelter.
b) Last Saturday we donate books to a shelter.

C. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).

  1. Last Saturday we ___ books to a shelter. A. donating B. donated C. donate D. donates
  2. Mai ___ to the collection point yesterday. A. went B. go C. goes D. going
  3. We did not ___ the old books away. A. threw B. throws C. throwing D. throw
  4. ___ you help at the library last week? A. Does B. Are C. Did D. Do
  5. Yesterday Nam {{1}} (give) us a box. We {{2}} (sort) the books. Write the correct forms in the blanks.

Homework

  • Write a 60–80-word email to a friend about a community activity you did last summer. Include when it happened, where you were, what you did and one result. Use at least three past simple verbs (regular and irregular) and one negative sentence with did not.
  • Check your email with the marking criteria: task and content (4 points), relevant organisation (2 points), grammar and vocabulary (3 points), spelling and punctuation (1 point). Note that a model is one possible answer, not the only key.
  • Review the past forms of the irregular verbs: go – went, give – gave, make – made, meet – met, do – did, be – was/were. Practise the topic vocabulary: donate, volunteer, shelter, collect rubbish, provide, community.
  • Revisit the interactive exercises on NeoEdu (neoedu.vn/learn/7/english/unit-3-a-closer-look-2) and check your scores before the next lesson.

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